Students from the School of Biological Sciences and the Molecular Sciences and Nanotechnology (MSNT) program recently published their findings on the impact of photon and proton radiation on neurological DNA repair and mitochondrial activity in the Journal of Neurotoxicology. In 201, Biology students Kaitlynn Willis and Kristen H. Hutson received undergraduate research awards from the Louisiana Space Grant Consortium to investigate the toxic effects of ionizing radiation on human astrocytes. This work was a collaborative study between Dr. Gergana Nestorova’s research group and Willis-Knighton Cancer Center in Shreveport. Hutson is currently a master’s student in the MSNT program while Willis started Veterinary School at LSU this fall. Chukwumaobim Nwokwu, a doctoral student in the MSNT program, contributed significantly to the execution of this work as well.